In 1945 the American intellectual, Norman Cousins, was one of the first to raise terrifying questions for humanity about the successful splitting of the atom.
One of the Museum's longest-serving employees reflects on one of the most trying times in the institution's history.
Ed Bearss, a US Marine who was severely wounded in combat in 1944 and went on to become a great Civil War historian, passed away on September 15, 2020, at the age of 97. He stood for the finest values and traditions of the US Marine Corps.
When World War II ended in Europe, American soldiers feverishly began calculating how soon they might go home based on a newly instituted point system.
Florence Reynolds describes a negative encounter she had with an Army Air Forces maintenance officer when she questioned the condition of an aircraft she was ordered to fly.
Registration for the 2024 Robotics Challenge Tournament is now closed.
Travel back in time as jazz crooner Caesar sings the music of Nat King Cole and other jazz standards.
Join us for a conversation with Susan Tate Ankeny, author of American Flygirl, the untold account of one of World War II's most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee.